Page 3: Historical Events In March - 13

1855  Percival "Percy" Lowell, US astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto) on March - 13.   

1858  Maximilien Luce, French painter on March - 13.   

1859  On this day in history john Brown 1800-1859 brings first black slaves to Canada from the US via the Underground Railway; he is later made famous in a song, John Brown's Body, about a raid he made on Harper's Ferry, Virginia.   

1859  Ivo Bligh, cricketer (Lord Darnley England capt v Australia 1882-83) on this day in history.   

1860  On this day in history the birth of Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer   

1861  Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers on this day in history.   

1862  On March - 13 vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer   

1865  On this day in history uS Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service   

1865  Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers on this day in history.   

1868  On this day in history senate begins President Andrew Johnson impeachment trial   

1868  On this day in history senate begins Pres Andrew Johnson impeachment trial   

1869  On this day in history arkansas legislature passes anti-Klan law   

1872  Oswald Garrison Villard, American journalist on March - 13.   

1875  Maria E G "Lizzy" Ansingh, Dutch painter (Caught Sultane) on this day in history.   

1878  Oxford defeats Cambridge in their first golf match on March - 13.   

1878  Oxford defeats Cambridge in their 1st golf match on this day in history.   

1879  On March - 13 adolf Anderssen, German world champ chess (1851..66), dies at 60   

1881  On this day in history in Russia, Czar Alexander II is killed near the Winter Palace by a hand-bomb thrown by a member of the "People’s Will," a militant wing of the Narodniki movement, which advocated socialist reform in Russia and the elimination of the central government   

1881  Balthazar H Verhagen, Neth/South African dramatist/writer on March - 13.   

1881  On March - 13 alexander II, Tsar of Russia, assassinated at 62   

1883  On this day in history enrico Toselli, composer   

1884  Siege of Khartoum Sudan begins on this day in history.   

1884  On March - 13 the birth of Sir Hugh Walpole, English novelist   

1884  US adopts Standard Time on this day in history.   

1884  On this day in history emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Bluthochzeit)   

1885  In Victoria British Columbia, the Legislature passes Chinese Restriction; bans entry of Chinese immigrants, later ruled unconstitutional on March - 13.   

1886  Henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist on March - 13.   

1887  On this day in history chester Greenwood of Maine patents earmuffs   

1887  Carlos Isamitt, composer on March - 13.   

1888  Great Blizzard of 1888 rages on March - 13.   

1890  Michael Taube, composer on this day in history.   

1890  On March - 13 henry Wylde, composer, dies at 67   

1892  On this day in history alec Rowley, composer   

1894  J L Johnstone of England invents horse racing starting gate on March - 13.   

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1372  On March - 13 birth of louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, brother of Charles VI of France (d. 1407)   

1548  On March - 13 birth of sasbout Vosmeer, Dutch Catholic theologist/apostole   

1599  On March - 13 birth of johannes Berchmans, Dutch Jesuit/saint   

1615  Innocent XII, [Antonio Pignatelli], Pope (1691-1700) was born on this day in history.   

1683  On this day in history birth of john Theophilus Desaguliers, French-British philosopher (d. 1744)   

1696  On this day in history birth of louis F A D Duke de Richelieu, French marshal   

1700  On March - 13 birth of james Kent, composer   

1700  On March - 13 birth of michel Blavet, composer   

1202  On March - 13 mieszko III, the Elder, grand duke of Poland (1173-77, 1200-02), dies   

1271  Death of Henry of Almain, English crusader (b. 1235) on March - 13.   

1395  Death of John Barbour, Scottish poet on this day in history.   

1516  On this day in history vladislav II Jagiello, king of Bohemia (1490-1516), dies at 60   

1558  On March - 13 jean Fernel, French physician/physiologist, dies   

1569  On this day in history lodewijk Condé, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies   

1573  On March - 13 death of michel de l'Hôpital, French statesman   

1604  Death of Arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (b. 1537) on this day in history.